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Comic Relief

I’m going to pitch my son on the idea of creating a new comic book hero. I don’t write comic books, but he does, and from the limited amount I’ve seen it’s clear that the industry could use an entirely new hero. My idea is a superhero who can not only fly, kick people’s asses, walk up the sides of buildings, and spin webs (of intrigue), but is also a CPA who can do your taxes.

Of course, he must do his business in secret. It's not like he can let the public know that, with the overabundant need for someone to perform superhuman feats, he still finds the time to provide the local community with tax services (in disguise) at a startlingly low rate.Did Dick Tracy have the time for that? Spiderman? The Hulk? Not a chance. As I understand it, those superheroes actually hired people to do their taxes. Hence the uniqueness of my superhero.